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Friday - June 26, 2015 at 7:30pm | WGBH 2/HD | basicblack.org

This week on Basic Black's roundtable:

We turn to the horrific murders in Charleston, SC and examine the impact on social justice movements and conversations around race in the wake of the Charleston massacre. the conversation continues as the city mourns those who lost their lives to senseless violence and virulent racism: Depayne Middleton Doctor, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Rev. Dr. Daniel Simmons, Sr., Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson.

After the broadcast, we dissect the meaning of the Rachel Dolezal episode…